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Definitions for interesting
ˈɪn tər ə stɪŋ, -trə stɪŋ, -təˌrɛs tɪŋin·ter·est·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. interestingadjective

    arousing or holding the attention

Wiktionary

  1. interestingadjective

    Arousing or holding the attention or interest of someone.

Wikipedia

  1. interesting

    Interest is a feeling or emotion that causes attention to focus on an object, event, or process. In contemporary psychology of interest, the term is used as a general concept that may encompass other more specific psychological terms, such as curiosity and to a much lesser degree surprise.The emotion of interest does have its own facial expression, of which the most prominent component is having dilated pupils.

ChatGPT

  1. interesting

    Interesting refers to something or someone that arouses curiosity or captures the attention, due to its unique, unusual, or fascinating qualities. It is often associated with novelty, creativity, unpredictability, complexity, or personal relevance that makes the subject appealing or captivating.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interesting

    of Interest

  2. Interestingadjective

    engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite, interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story; interesting news

Wikidata

  1. Interesting

    "Interesting" was the fifth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first broadcast on BBC2 on 7 December 1982.

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. interesting

    In hacker parlance, this word has strong connotations of ‘annoying’, or ‘difficult’, or both. Hackers relish a challenge, and enjoy wringing all the irony possible out of the ancient Chinese curse “May you live in interesting times”. Oppose trivial, uninteresting.

Suggested Resources

  1. Interesting

    Interested vs. Interesting -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Interested and Interesting.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1182

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #592

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'interesting' in Adjectives Frequency: #126

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of interesting in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of interesting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of interesting in a Sentence

  1. Jack Biltis:

    We’re living in just a hugely interesting time and, really, we just want to be a part of it, we just know that we could be, as Arizona’s chosen to be, at the forefront of this time and encourage these new technologies. That’s just an exciting place to be.

  2. Fusek Peters:

    I thought it would make an interesting picture because theres some great symbolism, manstone Rock looks like a persons face. You can make out the face easily and it is looking at the comet. The idea of the face looking at the comet appealed to me.

  3. Neil Saunders:

    Gap deserves credit for the way it runs Old Navy and has kept the brand fresh and interesting for shoppers, this investment has paid substantial dividends in the aftermath of the pandemic as Old Navy's collections of relaxed family apparel at reasonable price points has resonated with consumers looking to refresh closets and kit out kids for back to school.

  4. Robert Diack:

    It will be interesting to see how he fares here.

  5. Ronnie Wood:

    It was interesting to play sober, we're weaving( guitar parts) a lot more conscientiously now. We're much more aware of the gaps and the spaces between. We're in our seventies, but we're still rocking like we're 40-year-olds, you know ?

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